Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1887-11-16
The Protest. Too Late.

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The Protest Too Late.
ATTORNEY KipDLE GIVES ss orrstoS NORTH
CAPITOL STREET CASH
As stated In THS STAR on November IL the Dis
trict Commissioners held aboard meeting 20 hear
any objection 20 the PROPOSED Proloagatloa q
North Capitol street. Due publicat on OF the pro-
posed action OF the Comrnis>sioners made. and
there being 10 objections presentesi upon the day
was made by the Commssioners Ca November ~
a letter was received by them from MrS James L.
Barbour repeating IN writing ''thc verbal protest
which " As made by my husband las L Barbour"
The matter was submitted 10 the district attor-
ney for his oplnioo as 70 whether the protest
having been received subsequently Ia the public
hearing can now be rntert ained or whether II the
Commissioners are Still of opinion hat the public
Interests require the opening of the road that they
shall proceed 10 make the inal urd,r In the case"
Mr. Riddle has replied follows: 4 have always
held taat when strict compliance was had With
the provisions OF the statute Tor upcang highways
the nights oI the public 60 given route were per-
fected as IN this case. think an oblector must
inte pose or before the dSA named Tor hearing.
A case OF absence or non Residence mlght arise
where a party might secure rciiI 10y the aid Of
srve an ian w ,Sr Iocs nr nv IN fb,s ,S' 80
the obiectOr claim that she had no actual notice.
think the protest comes Too late
To ASSIST II THE PKosEcUuoS.-Upo pon the recom-
mendauon OF The First Controller the secretary
OF the Treasury has detailed Mr.. sseo. 7. Baxter,
OF the First controllers Once 10 nfDcfed TO jack
son, Miss, 90 Assist the Uaited states distinct
attorney IN the prosecution ~ suIts sainst Acorn.
himoal- and Morgan, three receivers OF public
/ moneys, Who have eeea cut 0f oniCe several years
ani have not settled their accounts With the
Treasury Department
MARRIAGE LIcENSES.-Marrt.ge ncenses have
been issued by the Clerk OF the court 10 h. A
! Fox and Maggie Nsssliu. n "a Mhitmver and
carrie HOFFMAN; ouStaVus Beaur,yard bransOn,
! OF Richmond Va, and Sarah Elizapsth HOllcdge.
John ". stewart and Martha y. savoy; ". ".
/ MI
corridor aud Winnie VI. hceley; Joan q. h ane aud
/ Sallie X Suauh; Samuel McQuay dBd isabelle Gil-
| lison; W. g. Hurley ana Aida a. GuyIon: James
/ II. Lindsey and Rachel MrkcuS IL Montgomery
/ county Md; John l. Dart, of Charleston, = q,
and Julia A. rierre; John McI'hersoa ana ,crtie a.
Merr1s, both or LOuduun County. Na.; benjamin
Corbin and Nancy coleman. Jno. 4. browne, u
/ Lynchburg, Va, and Lillian Nanette FrtnUz. of
Washington; thaS W. Bobann"n and AnBie r.
! Bacon: Henry r. Abel, Of Baltimore. Nd. and Ida
! Allen, Of Washington, Richard Nelson and Mary
l RdinelS.
RoBBERIEs REPoRrFD-Miss Aggie :. McGilL No.
SS9 18th street, reports stolen ady's gold watch
\ and silver chain. valued al S3i Nm Hanback,.
| No. l2O5 wylle street, reports stolen iuoIn his
trunk Sys In cash. a. Il. North, M. .ss5 ID ,tr-t,
reports stOscn IRON his pocket while on railruad
Train yesterday, gold watch aud chain valued al
S20 Edw. r. Mhite, No. 1872 Sth street northwest,
reports stolen from his w"odslei, which VAS
broken open last night, some carpenters tools,
| harness and other articles, value So. Ge0. ~
seltzer reports stolen two SAWS and a hatchet.
Affair." An West Washington.
| FooTBALI--The Georgetown College football
| team defeated a team frum the Emerson Institute.
yesterday afternoon on the grounds oi the former,
! by a score OF Al too
HIS LEG BROKEN WITH /. sroSE.--A colored boy
| named Prank Wallace was In the Police Court this
| morning charged with assaultlng n colorsd man
| named Richd Clements. pr. HVr1san testified
| that he attended the complainant Tor a compound
fracture OF the leg. lie LAID 40 Tor two months
Clements testified that be was struck on the leg
| with a stone thrown 10y the defendant. without
| any provocation. The defendant admitted the as
nd lfFn mol
/ afraid the latter would strike him. lie was sen
! fenced 10 six months In jail.
/ The CATHOLIC rNIOS-The sixth annual meeting
OF the catholic Union was held last evening AT the
| Union Han The attendance oi members present
was the largest IN the history Of the Union. The
reports Of the various officers showed the Union 20
/ De A very prosperous condition. The number OF
| members On the roll II at, number OF volumes In
| the library is 5al amount OF receipts during the
year 81 54a ~, and disbursements S.ss5s. leaving
| a balance on hand OF s.,0us2. ne election u
| officers resulted as follows: President, VIM. II.
| Manogue; vice-president, }. A. Probey; secretary,
j. b. McGirr; treasurer, ). v Orutt; librarian, a.
| r. Funalove: assistant librarian, ". 4. o'Seai;
Manogue, br. 5. ". Moran ana J. w. stohlman.
The Union enters upon Its seventh year under the
| most favorable circumstance.
| NOTEs.-A supper and entertainment was given
last evening AT the Congress-street VI. r. church,
which Will be repeated this eyenilg.-Two ar.
| rests were made In this precinct yesterday.
GRAIN REcErPTs.-Canal boat Maryland arrived
| with 1900 bushels OF wheat ana 1, 200 bushels of
| corn for g. T. Dunlop
| TEnPE.ATrRE AND CosprTIos or warrR az
n m-6ireat Falls. temperature, - condition. sc;
receiving reservoir temperature, ~; condition at
| north connection. 36 condition al south connec-
ton, 81: distributing Reservoir, temperature, ~;
condition at iniilenL house, az condition at
effiuent Cate-house, 36 Hugh TIDE n the riyer To-
day al SIS a. m: low Tide at 3:l6 p. H.
| Illinois Farnsers Rejoicing.
| LARGE SUNS WE'RE COLLECTED OF THEM BY TIE
DRIvES-wEIL MEN.
| A dispatch from Morrison, ILL.,, November L.
says: Some time ago agents, authorized and other
wise for driven wells visited the farmers IN this
vicinity and sunk wells. owing &C the dryness of
| the summer they did particularly handsome bus-
/ ness. They cleaned out the Old wells. drove
| iron pipe down a few feet and tapped any water
| beneath the well. The effect was the same as N
the well was dug the length OF The pipe, but the
work Was performed cheaply and quickly. After
| visiting nearly all the farms In this region the
dnven-weil men went away.
Immediately after their departure a man named
W. :. Dodge who said he came from New York.
appeared here and demanded royalty nom the
townspeople and the farmers who had wells This
Was surprise 10 the people, who had taken the
! wells In good faith and paid for them Dodge was
supported by legal counsel and made large collec-
tions. He demanded $40 from each person, and
rather than stand lawsuit they paid him; but
| Others were preparing 10 combine and contest his
claims
Tuesday morning Dodge settled all OF his per.
sonal accounts and LETT the city. lie had received
| dispatch from his partners the agents, an
nounclng the decision Of the United states
supreme Court invalidating the claims of the
patentees 10 drive wells lie had collected large
600 or 200 owners of wells In this country.
walking Delegates Indicted.
TO ANSWER foR CONSPIRACY TO PREVENT A MAN o.
TANNING woRk.
In the case OF O. NJ. Bartt, who was forced out of
his position as foreman OF Gardiner a Estes shoe
manufactory by the Knights OF Labor last spring,
the grand jury In New York yesterday brought In
an indictment for conspiracy against the commit
tee OF District Assembly No. 81 composed VI Gil,
Foster. Campbell, Morley and Mcdonald The
case VIII be pushed 10 trial Immediately. Hart
has been out OF employment since last fall, and
has been unable TO get work anywhere, being fol-
lowed about from place TO place by these men or
their representatives The latest case OF intimda-
ton by the Knights was when HART, few weeks
ago. got employment at Newburgh. The contract
was made, and the Saturday before he was 20 30
10 work he received a telegram not 10 20 70 New
burgh. He went there, and told by the frm
that they were afraid OF trouble, and could not
employ him
A PROPOSAL TO BUY THE CANADIAN WATER
FRoNT-Mr. Edward Atkinson, according 20 Q
Boston dispatch, confirms a report telegraphed
from New York TO the effect that, In response from
the New York chamber OF commerce 20 a request
for suggestions for the settlement OF the fishery
question, he recommended the purchase by the
the United states OF Nova scotia, New Brunswick,
and Prince Edward Island on the basis OF their